IMPROVISACIÓN EN TROMBÓN

En esta ocasión dejo dos discos de trombonistas. El primero, de Paul Rutherford, se trata de un disco pionero (1976) de la improvisación en trombón. El segundo (2009), que registra el encuentro de Radu Malfatti y Klaus Filip, es una muestra brillante de uno de los caminos que tomó ese instrumento en el campo de la música improvisada.

1. Paul Rutherford. The Gentle Harm of the Bourgeoisie -solo trombone improvisations (1976).

1. Noita neila (04.28)
2. Elaquest (11.23)
3. Lonescariso (05.29)
4. Esuni setag (09.02)
5. The funny side of discreet (06.22)
6. Osirac senol (14.53)
7. Er player blues now (03.23)

All tracks recorded at Unity Theatre, London.
This CD is a reissue of Emanem LPs 3305 and 3403 with one additional track (track 5).

When The Gentle Harm of the Bourgeoisie was first released in 1976, solo trombone albums were

very few, let alone free improv ones! If you happened to hear it, you were immediately struck

by Paul Rutherford's originality and virtuosity. The album passed the test of time: it is as 

exciting today, now that the instrument has a few more adepts, such as Konrad Bauer, Sebi 

Tramontana, and Tom Walsh to name only a few. This album features one man, one trombone and a

few mutes. There are no electronics involved. What makes it so impressive is the fact that 

Rutherford never falls into the pit of extended techniques demonstration. These 

short-to-medium-length improvs show a huge level of integration of these techniques -- there 

are not "tricks" anymore, but a way of life. The trombonist follows his own agenda, constantly

choosing the direction the listener didn't think of, slipping from one approach to the next, 

adding colors and even a bit of humor, something inevitable with an instrument that has a

reputation to be funny. On "The Funny Side of Discreet" Rutherford plays around with mutes, 

extending the vocabulary of circus jokes, so to speak. Yet, on "Osirac Senol" he gets mournful,

verging on the sublime, before building up to an explosion. Any trombone student should hear 

this: the speed, precision, rollercoaster-like inventiveness, ability to touch, surprise, or 

even shock. It's all in here, feeling so natural you wonder how anyone could play differently.

The original LP culled material from three separate concerts all recorded in 1974. The CD 

reissue adds an extra track from the same sessions. For free improv fans, this one is a 

must-have; for trombonists, it ranks as a classic.

(1974, Emanem 4019)

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2. Radu Malfatti/Klaus Filip. Imaoto (2009).

Radu Malfatti, trombone; Klaus Filip, sinewaves.

1. Oto (30.55)
2. Ima (19.28)

Recorded at Amann Studios, Vienna in October 2008.
Front cover (reproduced above) design by Yuko Zama.
Press release from Erstwhile: October 2009

Since the early nineties, Vienna-based Radu Malfatti has been investigating the edges of ultraminimalism in both his composed and improvised work. On imaoto, he is joined by empathetic explorer Klaus Filip to create an instant classic.

Radu Malfatti has been a major presence in the European free improv scene since the early seventies. He's been a member of such stellar bands as the Brotherhood of Breath, the London Jazz Composers' Orchestra, and the King Ubu Orchestra, as well as countless small groups. Malfatti's recent focus on developing a unique style of superspare, tranquil music led him to join the Wandelweiser collective, a group of like-minded composers, in 1994. Since 2006, Malfatti has been releasing recordings spanning the past 12 years of his compositions on his own b-boim label, which cumulatively are one of the important bodies of work of recent times. imaoto is his second release for Erstwhile, following 2001's superb and influential dach.

Klaus Filip has been involved in the experimental music world since the early nineties in a wide range of capacities. He invented the open-source software lloopp, which is used by many prominent laptop improvisers, including Christian Fennesz and Christof Kurzmann. Filip only has a handful of releases, most notably Aluk (w/Toshi Nakamura), Los Glissandinos-Stand Clear (w/Kai Fagaschinski), and Building Excess (w/Malfatti, Mattin, and Dean Roberts). Filip's music has become increasingly minimal in recent years, searching for the limits of perception, in loudness and movement. imaoto is his first release for Erstwhile.

Malfatti and Filip have performed a handful of duo concerts over the years, with the first in 2003. In 2006, they played a remarkable set in Maria Chavez's Houndstooth store in NYC, a very memorable show for the couple of dozen listeners in attendance as well as for the musicians themselves. In October 2008, they spent a day at Amann Studios and recorded the two pieces that make up imaoto. The results are undeniably gorgeous, musical, and impeccably recorded. The ultraminimalist aesthetic of the music is echoed in Yuko Zama's sparse design.

"This is probably the most beautiful Radu Malfatti's trombone has ever sounded on a recording. It is deep but not heavy, attaining, in Christoph Amann's studio, a very personal, nearly vocal presence. Klaus Filip works miracles of intuition with his sine tones, seemingly knowing the precise harmonic answer even before the question is asked. The two are exploring a world of hidden contours and curves, quietly, step-by-step; never hurried, never tedious." - Michael Pisaro

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